https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 27 Apr 2026 13:49:21 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-is-your-lo-when-you-shower/page/2#post-304293 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 01:01:45 +0000 tequiero21 304293@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i typically shower when they are down for the night. and hopefully someone is here to watch them in case they cry. if not, i'm like, ah well, they can wait a few minutes. i need my shower! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-is-your-lo-when-you-shower/page/2#post-304278 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 00:45:34 +0000 BoogieBea 304278@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Heh, I used to not shower sometimes in the early days. But I'll bring lo into the bathroom sitting in her bouncer and shower really quickly. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-is-your-lo-when-you-shower#post-304261 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 00:03:05 +0000 Andrea 304261@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I shower during nap time. I take really quick showers so it is enough time, even if her nap is really short. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-is-your-lo-when-you-shower#post-302942 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 15:35:42 +0000 mamabird 302942@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I sit her in her chair with her toys in the bathroom and shower with the curtain opened a bit. I pop out every now and then to show her I'm still there and she loves it because it turns into a little game. The other day I peered out with my head all soapy and she loved it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-is-your-lo-when-you-shower#post-302904 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 15:18:05 +0000 kokobee 302904@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>usually in his crib where i know he'll be safe. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-is-your-lo-when-you-shower#post-302875 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 15:02:04 +0000 loveisstrange 302875@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I try and squeeze them in when she's napping or when DH is home. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-is-your-lo-when-you-shower#post-302867 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 14:59:49 +0000 Freckles 302867@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When LO was a newborn, i would shower before DH would leave for work, no excuses. I remember so many times trying to shower while she napped...it never failed, she would start crying 5 minutes into the shower. Now that LO is older, i can shower during her naps. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-is-your-lo-when-you-shower#post-302822 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 14:43:21 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 302822@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I used to shower when LO napped... I would be so nervous she would wake up that my showers never lasted more than 5 minutes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-is-your-lo-when-you-shower#post-302812 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 14:38:20 +0000 Baby Boy Mom 302812@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When LO was a little baby I would put him in the infant to toddler rocker on the bathroom floor. I would do it after a wake-up feeding so he could hold on long enough for a quick shower. Once we was sitting he was on the bathmat with toys, and now that he's a crazy toddler I either wait until he goes to bed or I let him come in with me (he loves a bonus shower)! Needless to say, I made it a priority to always be clean even when I was very sleep deprived. I just feel more like myself that way. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-is-your-lo-when-you-shower#post-302781 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 14:23:42 +0000 Mrs. Stroller 302781@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When he was really little I showered while he napped or brought him into the bathroom with me in his little bouncer seat thing. </p> <p>Now I'll shower when he's playing in his crib, playing on the floor outside the shower or if I've run to pick him up from daycare in the jogger I'll take a shower with him in the tub taking his bath at the same time! He sits in a gardening bucket in the tub for his baths (saves water) so he just sits in that on one end of the tub and I shower on the other. </p> <p>This summer when we were using an outdoor shower and before he could sit up on his own I put him in the bumbo in the shower next to me after washing him (big enough shower that he didn't continue to get wet and warm enough that it didn't matter that he was still wet.) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-is-your-lo-when-you-shower#post-302688 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 13:36:07 +0000 bebe 302688@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've wondered the same thing, thanks for posting!</p> <p>My LO is 11 weeks and I shower once my SO gets home from work. I haven't tried to shower when he's not around because when she cries she gets very upset if you don't pay attention to her. I don't like to see her upset so I can't just let her cry. She hates the bouncer and our swing is downstairs so I'm not sure what would work for us other than waiting for daddy to get home and give me a little break. Her naps are a little unpredictable, sometimes she'll sleep for an hour or two, other times she wakes up within 10 minutes. Hopefully once she's older, I can entertain her with toys. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-is-your-lo-when-you-shower#post-302618 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 13:08:13 +0000 lovehoneybee 302618@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've always preferred showering at night anyway so I just wait for DH to get home. If I'm feeling especially gross during the day I put him in his bouncer in the bathroom and make sure he can see me. Or sometimes if I need to shower in the morning and he's awake and happy I'll just leave him in the bassinet (with DH usually still asleep a few feet away). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-is-your-lo-when-you-shower#post-302579 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 12:53:04 +0000 Ms. Fairy Wings 302579@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My little guy is 11 months and he comes in with me. He plays in the shower and loves the water falling on his head. It was pouring down rain the other day and he eagerly crawled out in the downpour. I thought he was crazy, but than I realized that's probably a lot how sitting with the shower water falling on his head feel like. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-is-your-lo-when-you-shower#post-302574 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 12:49:25 +0000 eeh 302574@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I shower and do my hair and make up every day, no excuses and I have a self imposed deadline of noon to make it happen. My preference is to do it right after a feeding when she's either sleeping or awake but content. If she starts fussing though I just move a little faster. I'm okay with her crying while I'm showering because I know she's safe, fed, and dry. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-is-your-lo-when-you-shower#post-302539 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 12:29:02 +0000 Chastenet 302539@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Like pps, I put her in her rock n play or bouncer and set her in the doorway. I can see her from there and I leave the shower curtain half open. If she starts to fuss I just talk to her but for the most part she's a happy camper and let's me get ready without a problem. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-is-your-lo-when-you-shower#post-302537 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 12:26:44 +0000 brownie 302537@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ever since his stump fell off he's been showering with me. When he was immobile I would lay him on a towel and cover him with a washcloth. Then when he could we put him in the bumbo and then a shower seat. Now he plays around in the shower while we do what we need to. It allowed me to shower every day and it was a nice quiet time for us. </p> <p>In fact, after his first shots, he was inconsolable and I put him in theshower and used the shower on his shot place and he calmed right down.</p> <p>We have one of those extendable shower heads. So that helps. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-is-your-lo-when-you-shower#post-302514 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 12:18:49 +0000 Mrs. Pen 302514@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@TurtleDoves: lol that's exactly it too. If all their needs have been met generally what they want is attention or snuggles. My LO wanted to be held all the time in the early days. But moms have to take care of themselves too!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-is-your-lo-when-you-shower#post-302511 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 12:17:42 +0000 Mrs. Pen 302511@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I put him in the bouncer chair or playing on my bedroom floor and I quickly shower, or I shower right when I put him down (there really isn't much you can do if he cries for a few minutes, he'll be okay!!).</p> <p>I often take him into the shower with me once I wash my hair/body/shave. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-is-your-lo-when-you-shower#post-302494 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 12:11:14 +0000 CupQuakeWalk 302494@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our LO isn't here yet but my husband and I already have a system: he doesn't go to work until 10am so he has morning duty while I go tanning and then catch a quick shower. I can be pretty fast about things when I need to be. I imagine with a bouncer or swing (which we have) that I'll be able to do my makeup (if I want) later in the day.<br /> The way I see it is: of you know you've fed him and changed him then even if he fusses: you can wait it out a bit because you'll know he is OK---just kind of lonely. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-is-your-lo-when-you-shower#post-302482 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 12:05:03 +0000 yin 302482@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I usually shower when DH is home. Yesterday I experimented showering with LO in the bathroom with me. He was really well behaved and spent most of his time watching the water go down the drain. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-is-your-lo-when-you-shower#post-302476 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 12:03:10 +0000 chopsuey 302476@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She watches a YouTube video on our bed when I showier </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-is-your-lo-when-you-shower#post-302464 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 11:56:04 +0000 KT326 302464@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have to shower every day or else I just feel gross. Luckily DS and I got into a routine. I would put his swing in the bathroom doorway and take a quick shower while singing to him. He stayed entertained and I could freshen up. When he decided he didn't like his swing I would just put a few plush towels on the floor, lay a blanket over them and plop him down with some toys. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-is-your-lo-when-you-shower#post-302434 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 11:36:09 +0000 regberadaisy 302434@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Typically it's when my husband gets home. Or I split it up and put her in her bouncer/rocker with a toy outside the bathroom while I was my hair and if she's still calm I shower really quickly. If not I shower later. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-is-your-lo-when-you-shower#post-302430 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 11:35:53 +0000 autumnlove 302430@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She screams for me from her Pack n Play! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-is-your-lo-when-you-shower#post-302426 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 11:34:47 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 302426@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just stick her in her swing or exeraucer or bouncy seat and put it in the door of the bathroom. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-is-your-lo-when-you-shower#post-302002 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 07:34:43 +0000 pinkcupcake 302002@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I try to wait until DH is home.otherwise, I will put her in her bouncy seat in the bathroom and poke my head out every so often.</p> <p>Welcome! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-is-your-lo-when-you-shower#post-302000 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 07:34:30 +0000 sorrycharlie 302000@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we have two bouncy chairs, so I'll probably put her right on the floor next to the shower. I also have a video monitor, so putting her in her crib (in the next room) with the monitor within my vision might not be a bad idea either. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-is-your-lo-when-you-shower#post-301992 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 07:29:29 +0000 Mrsbells 301992@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Usually I would wait for my husband to be home, especially in the beginning, sometimes I bring her in the shower with me but its still hard becaus I struggle to hear her over the sound of the shower. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-is-your-lo-when-you-shower#post-301976 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 07:07:14 +0000 Sammyfab 301976@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Since about 3-4 weeks old, I've showered while my LO is awake. I would either put him in his bouncy chair or lay him on the bed with toys as he didn't roll (he still doesn't really). Now he goes in a giant inflatable play tube in front of my mirror with a bunch of toys. When he becomes mobile I will have to think of another option! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-is-your-lo-when-you-shower#post-301972 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 07:00:25 +0000 London Mama 301972@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks for the warm welcome and all the responses ladies :-) seems there are lots of different ways to get cleaned up </p>